Ai-jen Poo

Ai-jen Poo is director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and co-director of the Caring Across Generations campaign. This piece was produced in collaboration with Ariane Conrad, a writer and editorial consultant known as the Book Doula, whose work has appeared in The Sun, The Nation, andSpirituality and Health.

In my work, care has emerged as the connective tissue to encompass all identities and enable us to transcend to the level of values, ethics, even spirituality. We must become a nation that values care—a caring America.

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At a time when demonizing those who are not yet with us is commonplace and the political discourse is becoming more polarized, widening the political gap, insisting on seeing the humanity of others even when you despise their behavior, is a radical political act.

Become curious.

Ask not what is wrong with someone you don’t agree with, but rather what is driving them to support policies that are so hurtful to others.